Junior Inventors

Creative Contraption Warning! This camp is designed by you—the Inventor! Each day you’ll be given a series of challenges which must be overcome using basic materials, simple machines, tips from world famous inventors and the most important thing of all – your imagination! Company: Mad Science

Age Range: 6-11 Years

• Return to Youth Enrichment Camps
• Chemistry Creation & …
  Become a chemist and a creator with hands-on STEAM fun! Explore the world of Chemistry to create fun things to take home each day. Make a bouncy ball and several slimes, build the world's smallest motor, and do experiments that cause reactions! Use chemistry to make some science fun! Then, build a series of wacky, motorized robot with your very own mechanical engineering kit. Use the Engineering Design Process to engineer your own designs, then enter your robots into different contest and challenges! Prepare for Battle Bots and the Robot Royale! (more information...)
• Da Vinci's Workshop …
  Da Vinci's Workshop: Students will learn fundamental artistic skills in a variety of mediums including acrylic painting, watercolors, clay sculptures, cartoons, anime, manga. They’ll also learn some of the most foundational techniques in arts, including color theory, perspective, composition, anatomy, and more! Each student will receive their own brand new art supplies to use in every class. Students will have a blast, and bring home tons of new artworks! Jewelry Masters: Delve into the enchanting world of DIY jewelry creation! From designing and stringing beads to assembling unique bracelets, necklaces, and earrings, young artisans will unleash their creativity and bring their imaginative designs to life. Throughout this hands-on course, participants will learn essential techniques in jewelry making, discovering the magic of combining different shapes, colors, and textures to fashion truly one-of-a-kind pieces. With each creation, children will develop fine motor skills, ignite their artistic talents, and gain a deeper appreciation for the art of adornment. By the end of this course, not only will kids have crafted their own stunning jewelry, but they'll also have cultivated invaluable skills in design, creativity, and self-expression that will continue to sparkle in their future artistic endeavors! Company: Athena Coding (more information...)
• Future Robotics
  Join us in this new advanced LEGO® building class where participants will learn engineering principals with hands-on projects. Each day students will be introduced to a new project that showcases a STEM concept. Using motors to power projects participants will get the opportunity to bring their creations to life and advance their LEGO® building techniques. From excavators to dual prop planes. Everything will be provided from tablets for programming, Spike Prime Robotics materials (motors, sensors, brain brick), and more LEGO® bricks and pieces than Note: There are no prerequisites for this class Company: BrickTech (more information...)
• Hollywood Filmmaking & …
  Hollywood Filmmaking: From the writer's room to the silver screen, we'll guide students as they bring their ideas to life! In the first part of the class, they’ll workshop characters, format their script, storyboard their scenes; then they’ll have the chance to act them out while filming them with iPads! Afterwards, they’ll use either Capcut or iMovie to edit their movies, adding plenty of special effects. At the end, a copy of a film and a trailer will be sent home. We provide the iPads and green screen for the class! Theatre Stars: Step into a world where imagination meets the spotlight! In this vibrant theatre experience, young performers transform wild ideas into an unforgettable live stage show. Participants kick off by inventing quirky characters and whipping up playful scripts, then dive into fun-filled rehearsals—mastering stage blocking, expressive voices, and teamwork that feels like a secret superpower. With interactive improv games and creative challenges along the way, the journey builds excitement and confidence. The grand finale? A live performance bursting with energy, laughter, and applause, where every star gets a chance to shine. Company: Athena Coding (more information...)
• Jet Cadets
  Explore the basic principles of flight, ride a hovercraft, build airplanes, and construct balloon copters! Set your eyes on distant skies and learn about outer space. Take a tour of distant galaxies and discover the incredible place where we live: The Milky Way. This hands-on Mad Science program teaches you all about aerodynamics and the world above us! Company: Mad Science (more information...)
• Junior Inventors
  Creative Contraption Warning! This camp is designed by you—the Inventor! Each day you’ll be given a series of challenges which must be overcome using basic materials, simple machines, tips from world famous inventors and the most important thing of all – your imagination! Company: Mad Science (more information...)
• Minecraft & Roblox …
  Step into the exciting world of game development with this immersive full-day camp combining Minecraft Coding & Design and Roblox Game Design & Coding with Lua! In the morning, students will explore Minecraft Education Edition, diving into personalized game design, animation, programming in Python and JavaScript, architecture, and Redstone circuitry to bring their creations to life. Then, in the afternoon, they’ll shift gears to Roblox Studio, where they’ll learn how to code and design their own playable games using the Lua programming language. Whether crafting intricate Redstone-powered worlds or developing their own unique Roblox game, students will gain hands-on experience in real-world programming and game design concepts. By the end of the camp, they’ll walk away with new coding skills, creative confidence, and a game they’ve built from scratch! Instructor: Athena Coding (more information...)
• Minecraft and Pokemon …
  Hang out this summer with Brick Tech, building Minecraft biomes and Pokemon Structures with LEGO®. Train and battle with Pokemon that you design! Build tools, mines, caves to explore and help Steve defeat the ender dragon! Participants will construct guided projects out of LEGO materials as they learn STEAM concepts with a hands-on approach. Instructor: BrickTech (more information...)
• Reactions in Action
  Dive into the realms of the Chemical and Physical world in this crazy week of non-stop action – and Reaction! Explore our wonder lab and perform spectacular hands on experiments and continue the fun at home with the gadgets you’ve designed in the lab! Company: Mad Science (more information...)